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harry reid joins me live in the studio for that conversation, and that's coming up next. harry reid joins me live [ sniffs ] i have a cold. [ sniffs ] i took dayquil but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ deep breath] awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is. that's the cold truth! c'mon, michael! get in the game! [ male announcer ] don't have the hops for hoops with your buddies? lost your appetite for romance? and your mood is on its way down. you might not just be getting older. you might have a treatable condition called low testosterone or low t. millions of men, forty-five or older, may have low t. so talk to your doctor about low t. hey, michael! [ male announcer ] and step out of the shadows. hi! how are you? [ male announcer ] learn more at isitlowt.com. [ laughs ] hey! secondhand smoke affects everyone's health. it's not just irritating. it can cause heart disease and even death. speak up about secondhand s
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>>> we're back and joined by sena majority leade harry reid. i want t talk about what is going on in washington first. this is not a good time to be a shington insider. look at the disapproval of congress at 66%. as you are going into this new year, democrats and jobpproval of democrats may be more specific, and what can you as the majority leader or the president do to change that? >> first of all, i understa the frustration of the american people and i feel the wa but understand that we have ha obstructionism on steroids. the repulican leader, and m counterpart, mitch mcconnell. we spent months on thin that used happen matter factually. raising the debt ceiling. we did it for presidenteagan 18 times, and we spent 2 1/2 months doing that. so the nber one go -- i hope the republicans have learned a lesson as extendsing the payroll tax, and that was disaster for them. can yobelieve they were opposed to lowering taxes? so i would hope that they understand that everything doesn't have to be afight. legislations are made tobe together and compromis
>>> we're back and joined by sena majority leade harry reid. i want t talk about what is going on in washington first. this is not a good time to be a shington insider. look at the disapproval of congress at 66%. as you are going into this new year, democrats and jobpproval of democrats may be more specific, and what can you as the majority leader or the president do to change that? >> first of all, i understa the frustration of the american people and i feel the wa but...
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harry reid's charge is totally false. i'm sure waiting for harry to put up who it was that told him what he says they told him. i don't believe it for a minute, by the way. >> that's all well and good, but to be honest that's probably not the end of the tax return fight. we'll hear more just ask david axelrod who was asked about romney's 13% insistence last night. >> maybe we shouldn't have any disclosure laws at all or any disclosure traditions at all. everyone can just certify for the public that everything's fine. he has a pension for secrecy and he thinks he can play by dampb set of rules. and, no, i don't accept his word on what his taxes say. let he public see it. >> this morning, team obama further putting pressure on the romney team about taxes, has got a "proposal" that's already, i think, been rejected. let's go to nbc's senior political editor, mark murray, for more. mark, so we arrive this morning, i woke up, i looked at my phone and i had a pitch from jim mussina, the always helpful public campaign appeal. te
harry reid's charge is totally false. i'm sure waiting for harry to put up who it was that told him what he says they told him. i don't believe it for a minute, by the way. >> that's all well and good, but to be honest that's probably not the end of the tax return fight. we'll hear more just ask david axelrod who was asked about romney's 13% insistence last night. >> maybe we shouldn't have any disclosure laws at all or any disclosure traditions at all. everyone can just certify for...
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and harry reid's senate race against sharon engel they backed reid by 40%. the key for the president is to simply do this, run up the score with hispanic voters, early voters and heavily populated counties around las vegas and reno. mitt romney and paul ryan will be in henderson, nevada, later today and president obacircles . if he can't win the silver state, how does he win the white house without nevada? we're putting nevada in the blue. let's go through this. that means the president is sitting at 243. we're going to go quickly to see how does mitt romney do this without nevada? obviously for him, it starts with florida. he get that, gets him up to 235. i don't know what john sununu said about new hampshire. virginia they think is moving in their column. they're very confident about colorado. i'm a little skeptical but that gets him to 257. they are behind right now. they'll kind of acknowledge it when they say the race is even in ohio. that's code for, we're probably behind a point or two in ohio. they acknowledge that they're behind in wisconsin. that's
and harry reid's senate race against sharon engel they backed reid by 40%. the key for the president is to simply do this, run up the score with hispanic voters, early voters and heavily populated counties around las vegas and reno. mitt romney and paul ryan will be in henderson, nevada, later today and president obacircles . if he can't win the silver state, how does he win the white house without nevada? we're putting nevada in the blue. let's go through this. that means the president is...
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. >> it seems to me, 2010, when harry reid won the election, sharron angle basically decided she was going to win with anglos. she wasn't going to get any hispanic votes. >> and you can't afford to do it. about the same in 2010. if they up another point or percentage point or two, there's also a higher than you might expect african-american population. here you have 25% of the vote in nevada is not white. if that number creeps up to 26, 27%, which it's likely to do in november this year and you have obama winning by the margins that he simply won by in '08, it makes nevada a very hard slog for the republicans. they have got to fix their hispanic messaging. brian sandoval, from the west, a former squa former judge, forget about marc can rubio. >> chuck, we'll be with you all tonight. it's going to be a great night. msnbc has had campaign enbeds. this is the romney imbed. tell me something i don't know, of course. imagine the white house is watching right now. we assume they are. the top political people in the obama campaign are scouting in nevada. they are doing their job. what do yo
. >> it seems to me, 2010, when harry reid won the election, sharron angle basically decided she was going to win with anglos. she wasn't going to get any hispanic votes. >> and you can't afford to do it. about the same in 2010. if they up another point or percentage point or two, there's also a higher than you might expect african-american population. here you have 25% of the vote in nevada is not white. if that number creeps up to 26, 27%, which it's likely to do in november this...
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>> well, harry reid really has to put up or shut up, all right? >> this is the guy who won't release his tax returns talking about his tax returns. saying somebody else needs to put up or shut up. >> let me also say categorically, i have paid taxes every year. and a lot of taxes. a lot of taxes. so harry is simply wrong. >> instead of just going back and forth with harry reid, why not just release the tax returns, just put the issue to bed? >> actually, you can go on our website, and you can see my financial disclosure statements go back to 2002. you also can see the tax returns that i put out for 2010. go on the website. you'll be surprised to see the amazing amount of data associated with our campaign's disclosure. thank you. >> thank you. you can in fact go on the mitt romney website and look at what haze campaign has put out for his financial disclosure and they have done their best to make it look amazing. still, though, it's only the one year, the 2010 tax return. that's it. the aforementioned harry reid who is a senate minority leader and t
>> well, harry reid really has to put up or shut up, all right? >> this is the guy who won't release his tax returns talking about his tax returns. saying somebody else needs to put up or shut up. >> let me also say categorically, i have paid taxes every year. and a lot of taxes. a lot of taxes. so harry is simply wrong. >> instead of just going back and forth with harry reid, why not just release the tax returns, just put the issue to bed? >> actually, you can go...
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the person who could have beaten harry reid. and bob ehrlich. >> a strong jobs report gives president obama a big boost. unemployment dropped to its lowest point in three years today. and look at the dow. the dow is at its highest point since beforer big watching "hardball" on msn msnbc. [ male announcer ] the inspiring story of how a shipping giant can befriend a forest may seem like the stuff of fairy tales. but if you take away the faces on the trees... take away the pixie dust. take away the singing animals, and the storybook narrator... [ man ] you're left with more electric trucks. more recycled shipping materials... and a growing number of lower emissions planes... which still makes for a pretty enchanted tale. ♪ la la la [ man ] whoops, forgot one... [ male announcer ] sustainable solutions. fedex. solutions that matter. ♪ it's nice to be here ♪ it's nice to see you in my bed ♪ ♪ ♪ there are diamonds... [ male announcer ] this is your moment. ♪ ♪ and they sparkle in the night ♪ [ male announcer ] this i
the person who could have beaten harry reid. and bob ehrlich. >> a strong jobs report gives president obama a big boost. unemployment dropped to its lowest point in three years today. and look at the dow. the dow is at its highest point since beforer big watching "hardball" on msn msnbc. [ male announcer ] the inspiring story of how a shipping giant can befriend a forest may seem like the stuff of fairy tales. but if you take away the faces on the trees... take away the pixie...
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you think harry reid's a dirty liar? >> i just said. >> i'll triple down on my comments from yesterday. he's a dirty liar and we're moving on. we're moving on to defeating this president and saving this country. >> but republican campaign veterans are finding it harder to defend, including former reagan campaign manager, ed rollins. >> i would have put out five or six years. i would not put out 20 years, and i obviously wouldn't respond to anything that harry reid states. >> i think at this point in time, it's going to dog him all the way. and he needs to get it behind him. he's paid a lot of money in taxes, he's made a lot of money. >> wait a minute, do you think he should release more taxes? >> i think he should release more taxes. >> really? >> absolutely. two years is not enough, obviously. >> and "the wall street journal" editorial board. "mr. romney's problem is that he can only disprove the charge by releasing his tax returns, which he says he will not do for years other than 2010 and 2011. these columns argued in
you think harry reid's a dirty liar? >> i just said. >> i'll triple down on my comments from yesterday. he's a dirty liar and we're moving on. we're moving on to defeating this president and saving this country. >> but republican campaign veterans are finding it harder to defend, including former reagan campaign manager, ed rollins. >> i would have put out five or six years. i would not put out 20 years, and i obviously wouldn't respond to anything that harry reid...
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so did harry reid. in fact, harry reid's people ran ads in the primary attacking lowden with the express intent of making angle the nominee. >> can this doctor take this chicken to a gas station, to a grocery store? >> i think it's a little out of touch. >> totally fantasyland. >> sounds like a joke. >> can he pay his mortgage with it? >> together, the democrats and tea party were unstoppable. they got angle and reid not only won re-election, he remains senate majority leader. if those three seats were where republicans had a winning candidate before they replaced them with a less winning candidate, mitch mcconnell would be majority leader today. you might think republicans and maybe even the tea party would have learned their lesson. this should be the year that republicans avenge their 2010 losses. a great opportunity for them. democrats are defending 23 seats compared to the republicans' ten. once again, democrats and tea partiers are working together. in missouri, they teamed up to pick, hey, claire
so did harry reid. in fact, harry reid's people ran ads in the primary attacking lowden with the express intent of making angle the nominee. >> can this doctor take this chicken to a gas station, to a grocery store? >> i think it's a little out of touch. >> totally fantasyland. >> sounds like a joke. >> can he pay his mortgage with it? >> together, the democrats and tea party were unstoppable. they got angle and reid not only won re-election, he remains...
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we traveled to nevada right before the big harry reid senate race in november 2010. at that late date it was namely getting tup vote. sharon ingle was ahead in the polls, but she ultimately lost the race because the nevada republican party was a hot mess. they could not get it together enough to figure out how to do basic turn out efforts for their own voters. on election day, they lost. fast forward two years now and it's now the republican party of minnesota that is a nationally reportable hot mess. according to republican party of minnesota, we're not paying our office lease rent payment currently and not negotiated long term payment schedules and our settlements on the accounts payable aging. it's not just minnesota. politico reporting on a number of orphan state republican parties that are in serious trouble. these are state parties mostly in blue states where republicans don't compete well. they have not developed the ability to compete well. places like california and illinois and new york. the national republican party reportedly now setting aside millions an
we traveled to nevada right before the big harry reid senate race in november 2010. at that late date it was namely getting tup vote. sharon ingle was ahead in the polls, but she ultimately lost the race because the nevada republican party was a hot mess. they could not get it together enough to figure out how to do basic turn out efforts for their own voters. on election day, they lost. fast forward two years now and it's now the republican party of minnesota that is a nationally reportable...
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theorist said harry reid will infiltrate. still have though factions there, forcing out the current chair woman essentially. they still have a lot of problems. john ensign, our former governor jim gibbons went a long way in hurting the republican brand in nevada. >> last time around in 2008 if i remember correctly it was mitt romney and ron paul, we didn't see much of john mccain at all in nevada. what are you seeing so far in terms of what kind of investments the candidates are making there, how will they pay off? >> well, mitt romney as you mentioned has been running for president for six years, he has been here essentially all that time. he didn't leave in 2008, he still has the infrastructure set up. he won the caucus in 2008, 51%, you mentioned the john mccain didn't even campaign here, ron paul finished in second with 14%. i think romney is the favorite but the poll folks are more organized than they were in 2008, rachel. i wouldn't discount them, paul is invested fairly heavily on television, also mostly positive ads.
theorist said harry reid will infiltrate. still have though factions there, forcing out the current chair woman essentially. they still have a lot of problems. john ensign, our former governor jim gibbons went a long way in hurting the republican brand in nevada. >> last time around in 2008 if i remember correctly it was mitt romney and ron paul, we didn't see much of john mccain at all in nevada. what are you seeing so far in terms of what kind of investments the candidates are making...
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of course harry reid was a pretty vocal critical of george w. bush's foreign policy and some folks there back in the day, for what its worth. but in statements, after the rice announcement, senators mccain and graham made it clear that though they, quote, respected ambassador rice's decision, they had no intention of dropping the benghazi fight. >> we're not going to let this go, how could for seven hours nobody come to the aid of the people in the attack. where was the president? >> which of course always should have been the focus of the benghazi story, rice's decision presents the president with a cabinet that looks like an america problem. the cabinet in the -- looking like a leading candidate for the secretary of defense. if kerry is a shoe in, does that change the calculus four hagel? or for white house chief of staff, kevin liu. former advisors under secretary clinton re-emerge as top candidates for treasury. if kerry ends up being a nominee for secretary of state, there would be a challenge for his senate seat. here's senator scott brown
of course harry reid was a pretty vocal critical of george w. bush's foreign policy and some folks there back in the day, for what its worth. but in statements, after the rice announcement, senators mccain and graham made it clear that though they, quote, respected ambassador rice's decision, they had no intention of dropping the benghazi fight. >> we're not going to let this go, how could for seven hours nobody come to the aid of the people in the attack. where was the president?...
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>> the harry reid thing or the taxes? >> harry reid? i mean are republicans doing what they need to do? you can't call the president like a, quote, dirty liar, so they are beating unharry reid? >> i'm with those people who think it's outrageous what harry reid has done. it's an unsubstantiated charge pulled out of the air and i think mitt romney should release his taxes and i also think that harry reid should not hurl baseless accusations without having actual evidence to back them up. >> and by the way, he wasn't doing this like ringside in vegas at a boxing match. he was doing it from the senate floor. >> two ways to look at what h r harry reid has done, one is if you want to be cynical, brilliant politics. run three or four or five days minimum of people talking about mitt romney's tax returns rather than the unemployment rate and he did it pegged to the release of the unemployment numbers. the other way to look at it, jon suggested is, a misuse of the office, something harry reid has done before and he doesn't care about the critici
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so harry reid's strategy might be the easiest one. just say, look, this is not part of the conversation. we're talking a about the wars, the pentagon, talking about taxes, let's stick to that. look, you want to raise taxes and lower defense spending, we'll do that. if not, then p we go off this supposed cliff and then democrats are negotiating from an even stronger hand. >> i want to bring in senator jeanne shaheen. i'm wondering what you think about what he had to say, raise taxes or lower spending or going off the fiscal cliff. where are you? and how do you feel about tinkering with medicare and medicaid? >> look, i think we've got to put aside all of the sacred cows and really got to be willing, as dick durbin said, sit down and negotiate and come up with a plan, a long-term plan that's balanced, that looks at the domestic side of the budget, the defense side, the mandatory programs, and the revenue side. and if we're willing to do that, then i think we can get an agreement. but i think to go to the tax issue that you were talking
so harry reid's strategy might be the easiest one. just say, look, this is not part of the conversation. we're talking a about the wars, the pentagon, talking about taxes, let's stick to that. look, you want to raise taxes and lower defense spending, we'll do that. if not, then p we go off this supposed cliff and then democrats are negotiating from an even stronger hand. >> i want to bring in senator jeanne shaheen. i'm wondering what you think about what he had to say, raise taxes or...
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. >> this is harry reid on the senate floor today. he made that point. here it is. >> i was stunned listening to the republican nominee for president say why doesn't congress do this? mr. president, we tried. we can't get republican votes. >> when you look at what the here it is. >> i was stunned listening to the republican nominee for president say why doesn't congress do this? mr. president, we tried. we can't get republican votes. >> when you look at what the democrats had, they had the super majority, which from july 7, 2009, until february 4th, 2010, let's see, the auto loan going on, the economy that had to be rebuilt, a stimulus package going on, a war that was winding down in iraq. who in the country was talking about immigration reform at the time, and now the republicans are coming out and saying, gosh, you democrats are the problem here. they don't have a leg to stand on, do they? >> no, senator reed was right, and the other thing that was interesting to watch, ed, is mitt romney is in a kind of straight jacket. when you have marco rubio going
. >> this is harry reid on the senate floor today. he made that point. here it is. >> i was stunned listening to the republican nominee for president say why doesn't congress do this? mr. president, we tried. we can't get republican votes. >> when you look at what the here it is. >> i was stunned listening to the republican nominee for president say why doesn't congress do this? mr. president, we tried. we can't get republican votes. >> when you look at what the...
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in the six year with harry reid we've had 386 filibusters. the senate has become totally dysfunctional because of this power grab by the minority. >> and when it comes to protecting minority rights, people say, the one argument you often hear is you might think the filibuster is a good idea now. but let's say democrats had not won the election. republicans had come in with the same 55 vote senate majority you have now. mitt romney was president. health care could be repealed, particularly in the absence of the filibuster. so what do you say to them? >> what i say to that, ezra, is i'm not afraid of democracy. i said that to majority leader mcconnell on the floor this summer. he was basically saying that, you know, you democrats better be careful. if we take over, we can repeal obama care. my rejoinder to that is if that is what the people vote for at the ballot box, then elections ought to have consequences. now i won't vote for it. i might try to slow it down, amend it, change it. but at least the majority ought to have the right to propose
in the six year with harry reid we've had 386 filibusters. the senate has become totally dysfunctional because of this power grab by the minority. >> and when it comes to protecting minority rights, people say, the one argument you often hear is you might think the filibuster is a good idea now. but let's say democrats had not won the election. republicans had come in with the same 55 vote senate majority you have now. mitt romney was president. health care could be repealed, particularly...
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the person that could have beaten harry reid had she gotten the nomination last time. and bob ehrlich. thank you governor ehrlich. i like argue with you. you were not an elitist. >> thank you. >>> a very strong jobs report gives president obama a big boost. unemployment dropped to its lowest point in three years today. i think the dow is at its highest point before we got into big trouble under president bush. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. lord of the carry-on. sovereign of the security line. you never take an upgrade for granted. and you rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i deserve this. [ male announcer ] you do, business pro. you do. go national. go like a pro. i'm going to own my own restaurant. i want to be a volunteer firefighter. when i grow up, i want to write a novel. i want to go on a road trip. when i grow up, i'm going to go there. i want to fix up old houses. [ female announcer
the person that could have beaten harry reid had she gotten the nomination last time. and bob ehrlich. thank you governor ehrlich. i like argue with you. you were not an elitist. >> thank you. >>> a very strong jobs report gives president obama a big boost. unemployment dropped to its lowest point in three years today. i think the dow is at its highest point before we got into big trouble under president bush. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. [ male announcer ]...
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harry reid's charge is totally false. >> okay. before he decided not to release them, he decided not to release them then looked at them. i think that is out of order. i think that's common sense. why would he not release what he didn't even look at? i don't expect him to release his tax returns any time soon, obviously. here's what ann romney the wife of the candidate told nbc's "rock center." let's watch. >> we have been very transparent to what's legally required of us. but the more we release, the more we get attacked, the more we get questioned, the more we get pushed. so we have done what's legally required and there's going to be no more tax releases. >> there'll be no more. there's a statement from the candidate's wife. bob shrum, an interesting choice she would make that statement. no more releases, period. >> three things. one that's a peculiar defense, saying the more we release the more we get attacked. so there's obviously something in those tax returns. number two, romney says well i paid 13.6% every year. then he sh
harry reid's charge is totally false. >> okay. before he decided not to release them, he decided not to release them then looked at them. i think that is out of order. i think that's common sense. why would he not release what he didn't even look at? i don't expect him to release his tax returns any time soon, obviously. here's what ann romney the wife of the candidate told nbc's "rock center." let's watch. >> we have been very transparent to what's legally required of us....
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we traveled to nevada right before the big harry reid senate race in november 2010. we found a state republican party that was essentially unable to perform the basic tasks a party needs to perform in order to win a senate race. at that late date, it was getting out the vote. sharron angle was ahead in the polls heading into election day in nevada but she ultimately lost that race in part because the nevada republican party was a hot mess. they could not get it together enough to figure out how to do basic turnout earths for their own voters. on election day, they lost. fast forward two years now and it's now the republican party of minnesota that is a nationally reportable hot mess. according to republican party of minnesota, we're not paying our office lease rent payment currently and have not yet negotiated long-term payment schedules and/or negotiated settlements relating to most of the offenders on the accounts pay bl aging. it's not even just minnesota. politico also reporting today on a number of so-called orphan state republican parties in serious trouble. th
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and harry reid sort of, you know, smoke and mirrors thing, maybe zero. this doesn't help. but i think that they've decided that because this return shows that he paid some taxes at least it will take away the talking point that, well, you're one of the 47%, mitt romney. you didn't pay any taxes. so at least it showed he paid something. >> joy, he paid less than you pay of payroll taxes -- >> a bad storyline. >> the federal income level do pay when they go to work. you know, paper boys pay that. go ahead. >> chris, it's like fire-fighting. if you're out at a forest fire, you build a becomefire to stop the bigger fire. that's what they did. they set a second fire to stop the spread of the first. >> we'll get back to the tax story again and again. >>> today president obama gave a rebuke to mitt romney over his 47% comments this week. let's watch the president. >> in 2008, 47% of the country didn't vote for me. but on the night of the election, i said to all those americans, i may not have won your vote, but i hear your voices, i need your help, and i will be your president. t
and harry reid sort of, you know, smoke and mirrors thing, maybe zero. this doesn't help. but i think that they've decided that because this return shows that he paid some taxes at least it will take away the talking point that, well, you're one of the 47%, mitt romney. you didn't pay any taxes. so at least it showed he paid something. >> joy, he paid less than you pay of payroll taxes -- >> a bad storyline. >> the federal income level do pay when they go to work. you know,...
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harry reid was elected u.s. senator. barack obama won much bigger in the states because of the hispanic vote and look at this map. this is ten states that have an hispanic electorate of 15% or more. let's name check them a little bit. there is only one and that's texas. florida swing state, illinois blue, new york blue, new jersey blue, colorado, new mexico, texas, they are in the battle ground. new mexico, frankly, is already creeping into light blue territory. arizona, in light red territory where you have the obama campaign to spend the next three months basically test marketing, to see if they can expand the ee lk for rate and get the hispanic vote higher than it was four years ago and figure out a way to peal off enough of the white vote to try to win it. but this is what the republican party is staring at. this is, again, ten states. if you put in seven other states that have 10% or more of the electorate, that's 17 states out of 50 at this point. and, chris, if texas gets into the battle ground, which a lot of peo
harry reid was elected u.s. senator. barack obama won much bigger in the states because of the hispanic vote and look at this map. this is ten states that have an hispanic electorate of 15% or more. let's name check them a little bit. there is only one and that's texas. florida swing state, illinois blue, new york blue, new jersey blue, colorado, new mexico, texas, they are in the battle ground. new mexico, frankly, is already creeping into light blue territory. arizona, in light red territory...
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harry reid, mitch mcconnell, john boehner, nancy pelosi, president obama. market rundown is next plus our daily rundown of undecided races including which democrat is being vetted on the hill though his race isn't officially over. first today's trivia question. who is the only speaker of the house to be elected president? [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... 100 calories... [ chef ] ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. gives you a low national plan premium... so you can focus on what really matters. call humana at 1-800-808-4003. >>> breaking news this morning. we have the angus king news, nancy pelosi news, lots of other stuff on our radar. democrats are keeping a close eye on the vote tally in arizona and senator scott brown is hinting at his political future. first as new members make their way to capitol hill, allen west continues to fight for his seat. west has now filed a complained in st. lucie county y
harry reid, mitch mcconnell, john boehner, nancy pelosi, president obama. market rundown is next plus our daily rundown of undecided races including which democrat is being vetted on the hill though his race isn't officially over. first today's trivia question. who is the only speaker of the house to be elected president? [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... 100...
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reid and the chair of the dnc. >> take your message of equality of achievement, take your message of economic dependency, take your message of enslaving the entrepreneurial will somewhere else. you can take it to europe. you can take it to the bottom of the sea. you can take it north poll, but get out of the united states of america. >> we're joined now by democratic congressman jim moran of virginia. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> what is provoking this behavior? we have a congressman suggesting that the president who won a majority at the last election should get out of this country. >> you know human nature. it's weakness of character. did you see the play the "lion kin king"? >> i did. >> don't they remind you of the hyenas. people like mr. west is not only representative of the african-american community or of the republican people yet alone the american public. what he says is of little or no consequence. it's unfortunate. he just seems clueless. now that he has climbed aboard ship, he's climbed this ladder of opportunity that was constructed by so many of his ancestors,
reid and the chair of the dnc. >> take your message of equality of achievement, take your message of economic dependency, take your message of enslaving the entrepreneurial will somewhere else. you can take it to europe. you can take it to the bottom of the sea. you can take it north poll, but get out of the united states of america. >> we're joined now by democratic congressman jim moran of virginia. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> what is provoking this behavior?...
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majority leader harry reid. part of an interview he gave to the huffington post, the article says, quote, a month or so ago, reid said a person who had invested with bain capital called his office and said, quote, harry, he didn't pay any taxes for ten years. reid recounting the person as saying, now, do i know that that's true? well, i'm not certain, said reid. but obviously he can't release those tax returns. how would it look? folks, this is a dramatic escalation of a controversy over romney's taxes. the speculation is coming from one of the most powerful politicians in the country. it comes just days after romney was caught off guard with another question about his taxes. >> was there ever any year when you paid lower than the 13.9%? >> i haven't calculated that. i'm happy to go back and look but -- my view is i have paid all the taxes required by law. >> romney still hasn't come back with an answer on that. and he still hasn't addressed the question about his finances. the american people have a right to kn
majority leader harry reid. part of an interview he gave to the huffington post, the article says, quote, a month or so ago, reid said a person who had invested with bain capital called his office and said, quote, harry, he didn't pay any taxes for ten years. reid recounting the person as saying, now, do i know that that's true? well, i'm not certain, said reid. but obviously he can't release those tax returns. how would it look? folks, this is a dramatic escalation of a controversy over...
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where harry reid operation proved in the past it's formidable but that you've got the democratic candidate holding on. this is a seat that could go either way obviously, 48/45 in our latest polling. >> yeah, i'd have to say, i mean, harry reid's operation is impressive in terms of how he won last time. in recent polling we've begun to see the republicans start to create some distance here and hellors like at least at this point better each day. i suggest momentum probably with, and again another one of seats if republicans regain majority in the senate. a must-win seat. >> what about senate sprys? bob casey in a closer than should have been race given the large democratic registration edge in the state of pennsylvania? >> senator casey's been all over the state. and he was really encouraging the obama campaign to stay in the state though the numbers look like, and the money was moving out, four five weeks ago, senator casey raised more money. he's up on tv. i think that he's going to pull it out. >> you think in your old stheet congressman pete stark, democrat challenged by another democra
where harry reid operation proved in the past it's formidable but that you've got the democratic candidate holding on. this is a seat that could go either way obviously, 48/45 in our latest polling. >> yeah, i'd have to say, i mean, harry reid's operation is impressive in terms of how he won last time. in recent polling we've begun to see the republicans start to create some distance here and hellors like at least at this point better each day. i suggest momentum probably with, and again...
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. >> you won't do this on the committee without the sign-off of harry reid and mitch mcconnell? >> i can't proceed without knowing what agreements the leadership at a higher level, democrat and republican, house and senate might agree to at the white house. last year, i was asked repeatedly to hold off on doing a budget resolution because the negotiation already started at the leadership level to do a law. so, instead of doing a resolution, a law was passed last year. i can't say to you, i can't look into this camera and say chuck, i know that they will turn to us and say implement this plan through a budget resolution. they may very well decide to do what they did last year, which is not to do the implementation of a plan through a resolution, but to do it through a law. >> do you feel like your hands are tied? >> i feel like i'm in a circumstance in which so many people have a political agenda that the truth is the first victim. over and over i hear my republican colleagues say no budget has been put in place for 1,000 days. they know absolutely that the budget control act, wh
. >> you won't do this on the committee without the sign-off of harry reid and mitch mcconnell? >> i can't proceed without knowing what agreements the leadership at a higher level, democrat and republican, house and senate might agree to at the white house. last year, i was asked repeatedly to hold off on doing a budget resolution because the negotiation already started at the leadership level to do a law. so, instead of doing a resolution, a law was passed last year. i can't say to...
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you sort of said nobody loves harry reid, but we all got behind harry reid because sharon angle was so problematic. does the tea party put the republican party in a place where it's harder to win a general? >> yeah, i think so. i think obama thinks that and the republican steakment thinks the same thing. that's why you see so much money poured into dick lugar's race. l lugar is way behind. but mccain and mitch daniels coming out support of him and a lot of money from political super pacs giving money to dick lugar to keep him in office because he appeals to people. same thing for rubio versus jeb bush. hatch wasn't expected to get through the weekend. >> 36 years. >> the fact that he's still alive is consider the a miracle. the lieutenant in texas, the lieutenant governor. two super pac pouring money in to protect him against the tea party challengers. president obama is smiling because the republican party is having to pour money in to keep a republican center alive. >> dick lugar has been in the senate for ç36 years. he has not lived in the state. he doesn't own a home in the state
you sort of said nobody loves harry reid, but we all got behind harry reid because sharon angle was so problematic. does the tea party put the republican party in a place where it's harder to win a general? >> yeah, i think so. i think obama thinks that and the republican steakment thinks the same thing. that's why you see so much money poured into dick lugar's race. l lugar is way behind. but mccain and mitch daniels coming out support of him and a lot of money from political super pacs...
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. >> joining me now for my panel, the former communications directs director for harry reid and also my current colleague at the white house, nbc's mike viqueira and republican ad maker, brad todd is in the studio box. mr. todd, since i don't get to say mr. todd very often unless i'm talking to myself, we're not related but people ask us that all the time. assess newt's assessment. is he right? >> the fantasy is trying to aller history opposed to live it. i think that's what he's trying to do here. i think really he ought to be asking obama the same thing. mitt romney may have made a mistake or two running his campaign but president obama has made mistakes running the country. so that's the mistakes that need to be owned up to. >> do you think this republican sort of criticism of romney that's gone public is doing damage to romney and not helpful? >> voters don't play this parlor game. i'm glad some people do so we can talk about it here on the show. voters much more worried about what's going on in their lives and problems in their own personal economy opposed to what's happening in
. >> joining me now for my panel, the former communications directs director for harry reid and also my current colleague at the white house, nbc's mike viqueira and republican ad maker, brad todd is in the studio box. mr. todd, since i don't get to say mr. todd very often unless i'm talking to myself, we're not related but people ask us that all the time. assess newt's assessment. is he right? >> the fantasy is trying to aller history opposed to live it. i think that's what he's...
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by the way, the harry reid bomb, 1981. i wonder who might have put a bomb on someone who worked frd the nevada gaming commission. couldn't have been mob related at all, could it? i want to go to the best laid plans of the obama white house. they have a bunch of new ads. they have one, their version of morning in america. they have one on don't change midstream. doing a whole thing on the chart of job losses versus job gains. this is the time to change things. yet it became gay marriage week. >> they do? >> exactly. >> it became gay marriage week. it started on sunday. and then, you know, you had the secretary of education come out. to say he supported gay marriage. and the president had to say something. wednesday afternoon was that something. and it dominated the week. >> and he's going to go on "the view" which might have been the place that they were intentionally going to do this the first time. what do you make of this decision to make sure it's clear joe biden falls on the sword once, twice, maybe three times about -
by the way, the harry reid bomb, 1981. i wonder who might have put a bomb on someone who worked frd the nevada gaming commission. couldn't have been mob related at all, could it? i want to go to the best laid plans of the obama white house. they have a bunch of new ads. they have one, their version of morning in america. they have one on don't change midstream. doing a whole thing on the chart of job losses versus job gains. this is the time to change things. yet it became gay marriage week....
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i sit here and i think about andrea and i think about the wife of my friend harry reid who is going through this now and i can say, we have to work together, period. and i think what happened with this apology was a recognition that we won't find a cure if we start fighting over things. let's just work together. let's get this done. >> great strong words from senator barbara boxer of california. thank you senator, and thank you, my friend, andrea mitchell, who knows of what she speaks. >>> up next, we're going to talk about "the game change, the movie. who doesn't want to watch this movie because he's already been through the change. his name's mccain. >>> back to "hardball." now for "the sideshow." marking the calendar? early this week we got a peek at the new hbo movie "game change" based on the book about the 2008 presidential election. it's no secret sarah palin is at the center of the story. but what do you thing real-life subjects think about the impending premiere? depends who you ask. let's get the lowdown from john mccain who was asked about the movie yesterday by cnbc's andrew ros
i sit here and i think about andrea and i think about the wife of my friend harry reid who is going through this now and i can say, we have to work together, period. and i think what happened with this apology was a recognition that we won't find a cure if we start fighting over things. let's just work together. let's get this done. >> great strong words from senator barbara boxer of california. thank you senator, and thank you, my friend, andrea mitchell, who knows of what she speaks....
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and harry reid made some news this week with a quote. he was talking about romney's argument that he would reach out to democrats and they would be able to work together. he said mitt romney's fantasy that senate democrats will work with him to pass his severely conservative agenda is laughable. >> ouch. >> i tend to agree with harry reid, not only because romney said on day one the first thing he is going to do is repeal obama care, which democrats care very deeply about and will fight the hold on to, but if romney wins, it's going to be this vindication of this strategy of obstructionism. i think democrats may not go to the extent of holding the country hostage over raising the debt ceiling, but i think they will try to employee some of the same tactics. >> i think the underreported story of october was for the period when the odds of mitt romney winning increased, simultaneously the odds of the republicans winning back the senate decreased. the chances are very good the democrats will hold on to the senate. if romney somehow wins this
and harry reid made some news this week with a quote. he was talking about romney's argument that he would reach out to democrats and they would be able to work together. he said mitt romney's fantasy that senate democrats will work with him to pass his severely conservative agenda is laughable. >> ouch. >> i tend to agree with harry reid, not only because romney said on day one the first thing he is going to do is repeal obama care, which democrats care very deeply about and will...
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hopeof being able to help rom harry lace to more reid and mitch monnell? >> i heard from -- the first person i heard from last night was olympia snowe, which was kind of ni. i'm going to try to get together with her before going down to washington next week. i did get a call, just a nice, very pleasant courtesy call from harryreid, not anything substantive. i' mitch mcconnell but sure we'll have discussions with everybody down there >> any washington republican reached out to you that was not named snowe? >> yes, susan collins, o other republican senator had aith herd i offered to get her coffeer. >> when where you're heading. >> we'll be in touch, chuck. thank you very much. >> congratulations again. >> yes, sir, thank you. >>> i'm joined by the moderator of "meet the press." angus king will be an interestg player, david. he clearly would like -- he sounds like he wishes he didn't have to, that he would enjoy taking that power of being one independent senator. >> the streak of independence which i think a lot of senators woulde like to have, independent
hopeof being able to help rom harry lace to more reid and mitch monnell? >> i heard from -- the first person i heard from last night was olympia snowe, which was kind of ni. i'm going to try to get together with her before going down to washington next week. i did get a call, just a nice, very pleasant courtesy call from harryreid, not anything substantive. i' mitch mcconnell but sure we'll have discussions with everybody down there >> any washington republican reached out to you...
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you guys err heard of a guy named harry reid? okay. you have. i rest my case. >> apparently. >> yeah, i guess so. the point is it takes leadership. president obama has given us four budgets. each and every one of these budgets dumped the tough issues, kicked the can, and have given us deficits that are over $1 trillion every single time, and no solution in sight. he punted leadership. the senate hasn't led. we're still living under the obama budget from 2009 that paved the way for obama care and everything else. we're going to follow the law, lead, introduce a budget that solves this problem. we need kelly have to have more help in the senate and courageous people who served on the budget committee who helped us do this, we're going to get courageous men and women back in the congress and we're going to lead and offer a budget and fix this mess before it gets out of our control. >> i'm just going to underscore one thing there. that is as the congressman indicated, there is the role of leadership. i hope you have experienced that in your homes, a
you guys err heard of a guy named harry reid? okay. you have. i rest my case. >> apparently. >> yeah, i guess so. the point is it takes leadership. president obama has given us four budgets. each and every one of these budgets dumped the tough issues, kicked the can, and have given us deficits that are over $1 trillion every single time, and no solution in sight. he punted leadership. the senate hasn't led. we're still living under the obama budget from 2009 that paved the way for...
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senator who harry reid took to the senate floor to shame today. the man on whose behalf all senate votes were stopped today is, of course, massachusetts republican scott brown who for forever and a day had his first debate with elizabeth warren scheduled for tonight in boston. that debate was scheduled to begin tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern. but at around 2:59 p.m. eastern, this afternoon, scott brown made it known that actually he thinks he had to be in washington for some important senate business tonight and he couldn't possibly make that debate. harry reid said that was a bluff. he also said it wasn't his first rodeo. he said scott brown was just trying to get out of his debate and using the senate as an excuse so he canceled all senate votes for the rest of the day. and behold, scott brown did turn around and go back to massachusetts for his debate tonight. you know, there is a long, joyful tradition in election years of each side taunting the other side for being afraud to go to their own debates. although even harry reid today on the senate
senator who harry reid took to the senate floor to shame today. the man on whose behalf all senate votes were stopped today is, of course, massachusetts republican scott brown who for forever and a day had his first debate with elizabeth warren scheduled for tonight in boston. that debate was scheduled to begin tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern. but at around 2:59 p.m. eastern, this afternoon, scott brown made it known that actually he thinks he had to be in washington for some important senate...
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reid 9-10. that was because sharon engel's campaign was so egregious when it came to the latino votes. pollsters feel that la tyne notices won't turn out, and a lot of working class latinos are cell phones. this is the dreary part of polling. you often miss a big swath of potential when it comes to voting to the new voter, which is not only latinos but women and youth. what we're going to see is the not only is nevada up in place, it's a safe bet it's part of the obama camp, but because we have to modernize our polling system the same think in ohio, virginia and florida where you have big numbers of la tonos numbers were there in 2010 and pollsters are missing as well. >> mccain, bush hispanic vote, john mccain 31% of the latino vote and 2004 george w. bush took 40%. mitt romney in the latest polling 24%. it is not just about immigration we see this regression, if these numbers are correct. >> it's not just about immigration. mitt romney walked into the selection with the latino vote up for grab
reid 9-10. that was because sharon engel's campaign was so egregious when it came to the latino votes. pollsters feel that la tyne notices won't turn out, and a lot of working class latinos are cell phones. this is the dreary part of polling. you often miss a big swath of potential when it comes to voting to the new voter, which is not only latinos but women and youth. what we're going to see is the not only is nevada up in place, it's a safe bet it's part of the obama camp, but because we have...
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or is just harry reid having fun with this whole thing? >> no, i agree with harry reid. i mean, we've got a candidate for president, mitt romney, writing off half the country, and calling them victims and dependent on government, because supposedly, they don't pay income taxes. well, they pay state and local taxes, property taxes, payroll taxes, and mitt romney, who has invested overseas in the cayman islands and has money in swiss bank accounts, and in bermuda, and won't release anything more than a year and a partial year of his tax return, has the nerve to call half of america victims? it's -- >> i think another key point in all of this, the man who hosted that fund-raiser back in may in boca raton has apologized to mitt romney, and it's now out there, of course, everyone was told that this was for their consumption and not for the media. i mean, what you say behind closed doors is really who you are. >> well, i think that's exactly. and what president obama said last night and i know what i've said before is, you know, even when you don't get the support of everyone,
or is just harry reid having fun with this whole thing? >> no, i agree with harry reid. i mean, we've got a candidate for president, mitt romney, writing off half the country, and calling them victims and dependent on government, because supposedly, they don't pay income taxes. well, they pay state and local taxes, property taxes, payroll taxes, and mitt romney, who has invested overseas in the cayman islands and has money in swiss bank accounts, and in bermuda, and won't release anything...
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harry reid hasn't wanted democrats to take tough votes. as a result we haven't done a budget, single appropriation bill. his members don't have to worry about taking hard votes. that's not good. >> any vote gone back in the senate you want back? >> there were some i would probably reconsider, like the second tarp vote i voted for that. not sure i would again. you're always making decision based on circumstances you know then, not in hindsight. >> looking at tarp, did it work? >> no. no. we felt that it was the second part of unfinished business and that the market was in tenuous position. i did not think they would use tarp for the auto bailout. had i known that, i definitely wouldn't have. >> you think the auto bailout was a mistake? >> it was. here is a case where mitt romney was right. the bankruptcy that eventually occurred should have been allowed to occur sooner. it would have been easier for the company to rebound. you wouldn't have denied the rights to creditors that occurred in the way they did it, and you could save the taxpayers
harry reid hasn't wanted democrats to take tough votes. as a result we haven't done a budget, single appropriation bill. his members don't have to worry about taking hard votes. that's not good. >> any vote gone back in the senate you want back? >> there were some i would probably reconsider, like the second tarp vote i voted for that. not sure i would again. you're always making decision based on circumstances you know then, not in hindsight. >> looking at tarp, did it work?...
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it could be harry reid saying his stuff a few weeks ago, jim mussina's crazy stunt yesterday. get the media on it and they'll ask the questions and get the dumb answer and this is what we're going to have. >> to your pointhe obama campaign isn't the first to raise this issue. this went all the way back to republicans in the primary also pushing mitt romney on his tax returns. we actually have a clip of mitt romney's response then. >> i pay all the taxes that are legally required and not a dollar more. i don't think you want someone who pays more taxes than he owes. i'll point out that is the case and will there be discussion? sure. will there be an article? yeah. is it entirely legal and fair? absolutely. i am proud of the fact that i pay a lot of taxes and the fact is a lot of people in this country pay a lot of taxes. i'd like to see the tax rate come down and focus on growing the country getting people back to work. that is our problem right now. we have a lot of people out of work. let them start paying taxes because they got jobs again. >> first of all, small quibble ther
it could be harry reid saying his stuff a few weeks ago, jim mussina's crazy stunt yesterday. get the media on it and they'll ask the questions and get the dumb answer and this is what we're going to have. >> to your pointhe obama campaign isn't the first to raise this issue. this went all the way back to republicans in the primary also pushing mitt romney on his tax returns. we actually have a clip of mitt romney's response then. >> i pay all the taxes that are legally required and...